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Albert Wiersch · Post by **Albert Wiersch** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 5:05 pm

jaysfive wrote: Thanks, will check and re-install. In which file would the revised form appear

templates/subSilver/profile_add_body.tpl

or, maybe you are using a different theme other than subSilver and so you would need to edit the correct file for the theme you're using.

jaysfive · Post by **jaysfive** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 5:21 pm

Oops, I had changed the file but forgot to save it.
Next question: do I just change your "2468" in "includes/usercp_register.php" to get it to work or is there more to it

Albert Wiersch · Post by **Albert Wiersch** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 5:28 pm

jaysfive wrote: Oops, I had changed the file but forgot to save it.
Next question: do I just change your "2468" in "includes/usercp_register.php" to get it to work or is there more to it

I would recommend changing "2468" to whatever you want but you don't HAVE to.

After that, you need to put the VIP code on your site somewhere and make sure that the references to where the user can get the VIP are pointing the user to the correct page.

Here's mine:
http://www.htmlvalidator.com/CSEForum/p ... greed=true

I put my VIP code on the support page.

jaysfive · Post by **jaysfive** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 5:42 pm

Fixed, many thanks. My site was becoming a spammers paradise.

L6vi · Post by **L6vi** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 8:00 pm

Marshal, could I pay you for assisting me in backing up my entire forum, and then trying to update it to the latest phpBB version without losing my mods? I'm sure it would take some time, and I am willing to pay.

phild · Post by **phild** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 8:16 pm

If Marshal doesn't, perhaps this guy can help:

http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.ph ... b2f4881d0d

http://members.cox.net/mhamill1/resume/phpbb.htm

mw-dnb · Post by **mw-dnb** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 9:05 pm

great thread. i'm going to go about this my own way with a bit of hackery and custom scripting with bans from custom tables i setup.

however - i think the biggest problem lays in the visual confirmation coding. Gtk and GDlib can both output some crazy images to constru things and i believe the phpbb team could enhance just that feature and put a stop to a lot of this madness.

i just started carpet banning common usernames, spammer 'domains' and anytime 2 guests (banned users) share the same IP it gets blocked.

alan keys · Post by **alan keys** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 3:32 pm

anyone know a mod whereby if the registered user posts a message with a banned word they immediately deleted.

lets face it, thats what we should be doing. We can put a warning note up front then if a user types any of the dr*g or po*n favorite expressions they are;

instantly banned.. no messing about simply deleted and banned from rejoining.

anyone seen this mod ????
.

abertoll · Post by **abertoll** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 3:41 pm

As far as link-back spam goes (on the memberlist), can't we just add "nofollow" to the homepage links in the memberlist? That should at least make it worthless for the bots to bother.

Ramon Fincken · Post by **Ramon Fincken** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 4:13 pm

abertoll wrote: As far as link-back spam goes (on the memberlist), can't we just add "nofollow" to the homepage links in the memberlist? That should at least make it worthless for the bots to bother.

that isn't going to help the text of the url is still there..

use this if you want to 'hide' your memberlist:
http://www.phpbbinstallers.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=41
http://www.phpbbinstallers.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=42

alan keys wrote: anyone know a mod whereby if the registered user posts a message with a banned word they immediately deleted.

lets face it, thats what we should be doing. We can put a warning note up front then if a user types any of the dr*g or po*n favorite expressions they are;

instantly banned.. no messing about simply deleted and banned from rejoining.

anyone seen this mod ????
.

Instant ban is bad.. I advise you not to use any mod that 'instant bans' a user.

Take a look at this one:
Block all fields with forbidden words:
- http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.ph ... 09#2148409

alan keys · Post by **alan keys** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:47 pm

[ Instant ban is bad.. I advise you not to use any mod that 'instant bans' a user.]

i dont know why you think that. all dr*g postings are by machines and they also deposit a website that then gets spidered. this is extremely harmful to you site !!!

eevn worse are th p*rn sellers that then deposit dreadful p*rn sites and allow these to get spidered from your pages. the last thing on earth you want.

pls explain your point of views

any other readers if u know of a mod to instantly delete members that post particular words pls let me know on this thread......

Albert Wiersch · Post by **Albert Wiersch** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 6:02 pm

alan keys wrote: i dont know why you think that. all dr*g postings are by machines and they also deposit a website that then gets spidered. this is extremely harmful to you site !!!

Because instant delete of users may end up deleting a legitimate user... perhaps someone complaining of porn or someone posting something legitimate that the mod thinks is banned when it really shouldn't be.

Ramon Fincken · Post by **Ramon Fincken** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 6:40 pm

Albert Wiersch wrote:
alan keys wrote:i dont know why you think that. all dr*g postings are by machines and they also deposit a website that then gets spidered. this is extremely harmful to you site !!!

Because instant delete of users may end up deleting a legitimate user... perhaps someone complaining of porn or someone posting something legitimate that the mod thinks is banned when it really shouldn't be.

exactly...

I've installed mods that did that on some boards and in the end...

IP's were spoofed and proxies used..
Innocent users were banned so I had to remove those mods..

asdil12 · Post by **asdil12** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 6:58 pm

I prefer Cracker Tracker Professional 2nd Edition
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alan keys · Post by **alan keys** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:33 pm

gents

what do you recommend then for automatic posters that allways leave p*rn URL's as their websites ?
its not the messages that are a problem it is the posting of websites with illegal content. to which u then link..